PV Gap

Geraldine Said:

Why should I get solar panels for my house?

We Answered:

Solar panels are to expensive right now. priced them for my house and with everything that needed doing it would cost more than my house and the payments for them would be as much as the mortgage on my house. So for now I will keep burning the fossil fuels to heat and cool the house.

Crystal Said:

If you hook up solar panels to your house, then you can get a pay check from PG&E right?

We Answered:

In theory, yes. If the batteries in the system you were charging were full, the excess electricity could be routed back onto the grid, reducing the amount of power you are billed for. But the initial cost of such a system would require it to be in use for 20 years to 'payback' the investment. You probably do not have a supplier agreement either, so you would not have a negotiated payback rate should you supply more power to the grid than you use in the month.